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Shadow Puppets

Written by: Orson Scott Card
Narrated by: David Birney, Stefan Rudnicki
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Bestselling author Orson Scott Card brings to life a new chapter in the saga of Ender's Earth and The Shadow Series.

Earth and its society have been changed irrevocably in the aftermath of Ender Wiggin's victory over the Formics. The unity forced upon the warring nations by an alien enemy has shattered. Nations are rising again, seeking territory and influence, and most of all, seeking to control the skills and loyalty of the children from the Battle School.

But one person has a better idea. Peter Wiggin, Ender's older, more ruthless, brother, sees that any hope for the future of Earth lies in restoring a sense of unity and purpose. And he has an irresistible call on the loyalty of Earth's young warriors. With Bean at his side, the two will reshape our future.

Shadow Puppets is the continuing story of Bean and Petra, and the rest of Ender's Dragon Army, as they take their places in the new government of Earth.

©2002 Orson Scott Card (P)2002 Fantastic Audio Fiction Genre Fiction Science Fiction

What the critics say

“David Birney's voice sounds purposefully fatigued, beautifully conveying the world leader Peter Wiggin's frustrated resignation, and Stefan Rudnicki's clipped, low baritone is perfect for the cloack-and-dagger email correspondence that bookends the chapters. Gabrielle de Cuir expertly handles both accents and emotion...[Scott Brick] tackles the Bean chapters with the youthful cynicism and passion that Bean embodies in this book, capturing the character's voice with wonderful passion.” —AudioFile

“The folks at Audio Renaissance have quite literally brought greatness to the text. They've included an introduction and a postscript read by Card himself, both of which place the novel and the audiobook in its context as well as enlightening us to the author's method of its construction. Multiple readers led by Stefan Rudnicki work perfectly to vocally illustrate each chapter, character and scene.” —Science Fiction and Fantasy on Ender's Game(A Science Fiction and Fantasy Essential)

“The ideal presentation of any book of mine is to have excellent actors perform it in audio format.” —Orson Scott Card from the afterword of Ender's Game
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Really good continuation of the Bean story. The audio was a bit funky at parts where they substituted the voice for just one or two words at times, saying Hegemon

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I have really enjoyed all the books in this series. This book started strong but just felt weaker and weaker as it went. The ending was very unclimatic.

Strong start and tappers off from there

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Except for Ender's Shadow, the shadow story is far from being interesting and captivating as the Ender's series or the 2 prelude trilogies. Still good enough to be listen throught.

Good performance but weak story

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This one was just kind of boring. Not bad, just not as engaging as the prior books.

Great performances.

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